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Novelty Automation: A collection of satirical home-made arcade machines

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Post by nanomonkey » Mon, Dec 01, 2025, 11:21 PM UTC

Novelty Automation: A collection of satirical home-made arcade machines
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Post by timthorn » Mon, Dec 01, 2025, 11:31 PM UTC

Tim Hunkin had a wonderful series on TV back in the 80s or 90s - the Secret Life of Machines. Nice relaxed pace and great for kids. The episodes are up on YouTube via his website: https://timhunkin.com/a243_Secret-Life-of-Machines-intro.htm

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Post by nanomonkey » Tue, Dec 02, 2025, 3:11 AM UTC

timthorn wrote: post #2

Tim Hunkin had a wonderful series on TV back in the 80s or 90s - the Secret Life of Machines. Nice relaxed pace and great for kids. The episodes are up on YouTube via his website: https://timhunkin.com/a243_Secret-Life-of-Machines-intro.htm

What a creative fellow. The illustrations on those shows are great.

Re: Novelty Automation: A collection of satirical home-made arcade machines

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Post by nanomonkey » Tue, Dec 02, 2025, 3:12 AM UTC

The videos of each "arcade" are quite entertaining:

https://novelty-automation.com/10_current-machines.htm

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